Brian Douglas Barry, MD| Neurology | MedStar Health
Brian Douglas Barry

Brian Douglas Barry, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.9 out of 5 (788 reviews)

Specialties: Neurology

Languages: English

About me

Brian Barry, MD is an attending neurologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s Department of Neurology. Dr. Barry is a board-certified neurologist with fellowship training in multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology.

Dr. Barry’s areas of special clinical expertise include:

  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Neuromyelitis optica (NMO)
  • Inflammatory and autoimmune disorders of the brain and spinal cord

Clinical areas of focus

  • Chronic Headache Treatment
  • Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
  • Eeg Monitoring
  • Electromyography
  • Huntington's Disease Management
  • Median Nerve Conduction Studies
  • Migraine
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Abnormal Movements
  • Acute Disseminated Demyelination
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Aphagia And Dysphagia
  • Binocular Movement Disorders
  • Brain Disorders
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cerebrovascular Diseases
  • Cognitive Function Disorders
  • Convulsions
  • Degenerative Diseases Of Basal Ganglia
  • Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
  • Degenerative Disorders Of Nervous System In Diseases
  • Demyelinating Diseases Of Central Nervous System
  • Dystonia
  • Epilepsy And Seizures
  • Episcleritis
  • Extrapyramidal And Movement Disorders
  • Facial Nerve Disorder
  • Gait And Balance Problems
  • General Sensations And Perceptions
  • Head Injury
  • Headache
  • Hereditary Ataxia
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Idiopathic Neuropathy
  • Lack Of Coordination
  • Migraine
  • Mononeuropathy Of Lower Limb
  • Myoneural Disorders
  • Myopathies
  • Neck Nerve And Spinal Cord Injury
  • Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
  • Nervous System Disorders
  • Paralytic Syndrome
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Secondary Parkinsonism
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy And Related Syndromes
  • Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
  • Vestibular Disorders
  • Vestibular Neuritis
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Procedures I perform

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Care
  • Chronic Headache Treatment
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
  • Eeg Monitoring
  • Electroencephalogram
  • Electromyography
  • Huntington's Disease Management
  • Median Nerve Conduction Studies
  • Movement Disorder Treatment
  • Myasthenia Gravis Treatment
  • Nerve Block
  • Neurodegenerative Disease Treatment
  • Neuro-Opthalmology
  • Neuro-Otology
  • Seizure Treatment
  • Stroke Care
  • Tension Headache Treatment
  • Transcranial Doppler
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Practice locations

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110 Irving St NW
Washington, DC, 20010

202-877-2172

Fax 855-354-3967

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Fax 855-354-3967

1133 21st St NW
5th Fl
Washington, DC, 20036

202-416-2000

Fax 202-245-1499

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Fax 202-245-1499

Insurance

MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • CIGNA EPO
    • Sentara Health
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • Aetna Basic
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • IH-Open HMO
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • IH-Indemnity
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • Optimum Choice
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • UHC Passport
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • Beech Street PPO
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • Aetna HMO
    • Network OA
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • Medicare Direct
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • Medicare FFS
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • POS OA
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • CIGNA PPO
    • Choice POS II
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • United Student Resources
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • Employee Health Plan
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • Choice POS
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • HighMark
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • CareFirst EPO
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Navigate
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • IH-POS Plus
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • IH-PPO
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • First Health PPO
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • IH-POS
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • OA Plus
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • IH-Open POS II
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • First Health PPO
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • IH-HMO
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • TRICARE East Select

Education

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurology

Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2020)

Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2018)

Internship: Washington Hospital Center (2015)

Medical School: Georgetown University Medical Center (2014)

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.9
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.9
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.9
  • Provider included you in decisions

    4.9
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.9
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.9
  • Nov 23, 2025

    Dr Barry is simply the best

  • Nov 19, 2025

    Dr. Barry spoke with me about my current infusions and has even recommended a different more convenient location for upcoming infusions. I appreciate that insight.

  • Nov 12, 2025

    Dr. Barry is one of the best doctors I have worked with. He is knowledgeable, has a great bedside manner, and takes time to answer my questions.